scruff
1the nape or back of the neck.
Origin of scruff
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Other definitions for scruff (2 of 2)
(in tin-plating) dross formed in the bath.
Origin of scruff
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How to use scruff in a sentence
This deep UConn team has more talent and diversity of attack than the one Bueckers grabbed by the scruff of the neck and pulled to the Final Four last year.
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He was as striking in person as he is on screen—thin, white v-neck t-shirt, two-day scruff, artful bedhead.
At the end of the month, participants, called Mo Bros and their supporters, Mo Sistas, shave their scruff and have a party.
Behind the Movember Movement’s Fight to Keep Charity Tied to Mustache | Kevin Fallon | November 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMy escort also fell at this bridge, but I caught him by the scruff of the neck, thereby preventing him getting into the water.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton Lauriescruff made no attempt to free his forelegs; but sniffed the soup, and finding that nothing happened, began to lap it.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories | John GalsworthyGreta, pulling scruff's ears, would gaze up at the speakers; when the talk was over, she always shook herself.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories | John GalsworthyThe child stood listening; hearing the key turn in the lock, she sank down on the bottom step and took scruff in her arms.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories | John GalsworthyAt a deeper breath from Greta, the little lady put down her basket, and began to pace the lawn, followed dubiously by scruff.
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British Dictionary definitions for scruff (1 of 2)
/ (skrʌf) /
the nape of the neck (esp in the phrase by the scruff of the neck)
Origin of scruff
1British Dictionary definitions for scruff (2 of 2)
/ (skrʌf) /
informal an untidy scruffy person
informal a disreputable person, ruffian
another name for scum (def. 3)
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